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OPINIONELECTION FALL OUT: IDAHO BLEEDS RED, P. 12
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“Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see.” –Confucius
Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis
FOR RELEASE NOVEMBER 13, 2014
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Mobile learning program cuts costs for studentsSean BunceAsst. News Editor
Lana Grover, consultant for the Instructional De-sign and Educational As-sessment shop specializes in mobile learning devices. Over the last two years, she’s been involved in a mobile learning initiative at Boise State which is meant to teach digital fluency for students and faculty.
One of her biggest con-cerns is the physically and financial burden textbooks. By providing mobile learn-ing devices to classrooms across campus, Grover hopes to offset the costs of textbooks.
“That’s one thing our fac-ulty are constantly worried about,” Grover said. “How much the cost of textbooks is increasing, tuition is in-creasing, the weight that’s on students’ shoulders and how they can reduce the financial burden but also make it innovative, exciting and engaging.”
According to a survey by the U.S Public Inter-est Research Group, which included more than 2,000 college students in 33 states and 156 different campuses, the average student spends as much as $1,200 on text-books and supplies each year.
Because of this high cost, 65 percent of the students surveyed said they wouldn’t necessarily buy a textbook even if it was required, al-though nearly all of these respondents agreed it would probably affect their grade.
One of the programs run by the IDEA shop is called
the Mobile Learning Schol-ars Program. The IDEA shop delivers training to faculty and provide s iPads for students in their class-room for an entire semes-ter. Right now 12 faculty have applied for the Mobile Learning Scholars Program for this upcoming year and have been accepted.
“What’s great about that is it gives students the op-portunity to use a mobile device without an addi-tional cost to them,” Grover said.
Grover believes that in order for mobile learning to succeed as an initiative across campus, faculty have to be well versed and digi-tally fluent in using those mobile devices.
For Sam Barker, mechani-cal engineering undergrad-uate, the transition from paper-based class work to using an iPad has been helpful to his learning ex-perience. This is due largely to the way his professor has integrated mobile devices into the classroom.
While in class, his profes-sor Krishna Pakala will mir-ror his iPad to the projector; this way, he never has turn his back to his students.
“I’ve got a math profes-sor that writes in 16-point font on the white board and so it’s more legible (to use the iPad),” Barker said. “He can mark up his lecture slides and he will also use the same thing to do a lot of recitation vid-eos and tutorials. He uses that technology to provide a lot of extra resources to students.”
According to Barker, the use of mobile devices also
help with turning in as-signments. After solving assigned problems, they can be quickly placed in a shared drop-box and an up-date will let him know when they’ve been graded.
Before exams, his profes-sor also offers study ses-sions which are online and interactive.
“It’s essentially like Sky-pe,” he said. “It’s a recitation lecture, but because Pakala does it electronically, I can
do it from home, I can be on campus, I can be sitting in Starbucks and he can do it at times that would just not work if he was trying to get everybody together in the same room.”
Barker doesn’t see many setbacks with mobile de-vices in the classroom.
“The biggest hurdle... is learning the new software: learning the ins and outs of the applications you’re go-ing to use,” he said.
Leslie Madsen-Brooks, assistant history professor at Boise State, said she of-ten thinks about the costs of textbooks for students. Because they’re so expen-sive, she tries to implement e-books, websites, articles and other digital materi-als which can be accessed through the library data-base.
However, there may be some resistance to the tech-nology movement because
some students and faculty may just prefer to use paper and pencil.
“I think depending on your learning style you might just prefer having something you can mark up easily,” she said. “I’ve had many students tell me that they still prefer to write up the draft of their paper in long-hand rather than typing it because it’s just the pace at which they to think.”
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Boise State Bookstore expenses stack up against profitsEryn-Shay JohnsonAsst. News Editor
You wouldn’t believe that Boise State Bookstore and Bronco Shop only keeps $75,000 a year in profit, especially when profits en-compass the sales from all the Bronco Shops in the Treasure and Magic Valleys.
“Collectively of the book-store and outlying Bronco Shops we did $12,461,000 in sales,” said Jim Good-man, interim director of the bookstore. “Of that, 85 per-cent was either textbooks or clothing.”
According to Goodman, a majority of the bookstore’s
profit goes back to scholar-ships.
“Last year, in June, we were able to give back over $500,000 in schol-arships to the school,” Goodman said.
There is a gap between the $12.5 revenue and the $75,000 the Bookstore do-nated or posted as profits. So where is the rest of the money going?
The bookstore rents its lo-cation in the Student Union Building as well as other locations for $300,097.76 a fiscal year. Its salaries ex-pense peaks at $1.5 million. The bookstore also pays close to $100,000 in profes-
sional services.Other expenses from
computer services and com-munication services come in at a much lower rate. On average the Bookstore spends over $2 million a year on expenses.
This last fiscal year the bookstore was able to save $320,000 on expenses, $145,000 in salary expenses alone.
“The savings in salary ex-pense comes from not refill-ing two full-time positions we had open,” Goodman said in an email. The book-store also cut back on staff labor in all locations after apparel sales dropped dra-
matically.Although the bookstore
takes in almost $12.5 mil-lion annually, its expenses and donations keep profits relatively low.
Statistically, profits and revenue are higher when Boise State’s athletics are doing well.
When passes aren’t being caught on the football field or baskets aren’t being made on the court, Bronco Shops don’t sell as much Bronco gear. According to Good-man, this can lead to tak-ing a hit in revenue, which doesn’t bode well for schol-arships provided by the bookstore.
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STUDENT DEALS Student workers pre-pare for the workforce at Boise StateBri CornwallCopy Editor
Any type of on-campus job can prepare students for the professional workforce, according to Career Center director Debbie Kaylor.
Jobs on campus range from customer service to those which are associated with a student’s major, but Kaylor believes they all pro-vide what she calls “trans-ferable skills.”
The Career Center’s web-site lists effective oral com-munication, the ability to contribute to a team and building and sustaining professional relationships as examples of transferable skills. Students don’t need experience with work asso-ciated to their major to learn to communicate and be on a team, according to Kaylor.
This bodes well for stu-dents who work in customer service on-campus.
Dan Ronfeld, office man-ager at Drake Cooper, ex-pressed that the local ad-vertising agency is most interested in an applicant having a personal connec-tion within the organiza-tion. If that connection can contribute to the ap-plicant’s potential “cultural fit,” they’re way ahead of the game.
“Introductions are im-portant,” Ronfeld said. “We don’t have anyone working for us that was a marketing major that has only worked in marketing jobs.”
He shared the success story of an intern whose background was in finance. The intern’s ability to talk the talk with coworkers at Drake Cooper landed him a paid position—and a team of 15 other employees.
However, different career fields expect different things from applicants. Melissa Kidd, drop-in tutor for the Anthropology Department and learning assistant for a UNIV course, believes that her professional immersion in her academic field is what got her a position in the Peace Corps.
“I’m the in-between be-tween students and profes-sors,” Kidd said. “I get the feeling most students don’t see themselves in that light.”
Kidd is confident the connection between her
academic work and her employment experience helped her application rise to the top.
“Having that profes-sional experience opens up doors, opens connections,” she said.
What Ronfeld and Kidd both speak to is the impor-tance of becoming famil-iar with the informal and formal hiring practices of their future career field. If you can submit your ap-plication confident that the company or organiza-tion values your past and know you are a good fit, the treacherous waters of the job hunt can feel a little less murky.
“Know the value system early or you’re going to wind up in some wonko job,” Ronfeld suggested.
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Shock and awe fuels the Tunnel of OppressionSean BunceAsst. News Editor
“Get moving! Come on, don’t take all day. Step over them if they’re in your way,” an actor calls from behind the group as people are herded from room to room.
The Tunnel of Oppression can be an emotional experi-ence for many; for others, it can be downright shocking.
“You do see people break down and cry. You see people who look shocked. You see people who do laugh... I hope that they took something from it and they’re not just laughing because they see people get-ting oppressed,” said Jake Nel-son, junior sociology major.
The goal for him and the other actors in this event was to raise awareness: to plant a seed in students’ minds and raise their level of understand-ing for things that others ex-perience.
There were five theaters in the Tunnel of Oppression that took place Nov. 7-8 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nelson took part in two theaters; he was an ac-tor for both the “street harass-ment theater” and the “police brutality theater,” which was a scene of a protest for equal rights.
For him, this event was a roller coaster of emotion.
Nelson described a scene where he’s meant to harass another man who has been cat-calling a girl. Nelson treated the harasser the way he had treated the woman. The man retaliates by get-ting in Nelson’s face and
yelling. “There was moments when
I was genuinely, genuinely scared,” he said. “I had never felt that way before. It was a different kind of fear.”
As a member of the LG-BTQ community, Nelson felt this theater in particular hit home the most.
“It was very real; these cir-cumstances could really hap-pen to me and the fear that I experienced is legitimate fear that I have walking around Boise when I’m by myself or when I’m walking with a group of friends,” he said.
According to Mary Pritchard, a psychology pro-
fessor at Boise State, the Tun-nel of Oppression’s shock value is one of the main rea-sons why it’s so successful at promoting understanding.
“Most people aren’t used to being yelled at with hate messages and slurs,” she said. “When you go through the Tunnel of Oppression, you experience things you have probably never experienced in your life. Because it’s new and because of the emotional attachment to it, it sticks with you.”
The conversation can’t end there, however; if long-term change is going to hap-pen in the minds of students, Pritchard feels they have to keep talking about it.
“I think the more that we can discuss the experiences people have when they do the Tunnel of Oppression in the classroom ... the more we’re going to have a lasting impact,” she said.
pedestrian priority zones protect student bodiesBri CornwallCopy Editor
Protecting the student body—particularly pedestri-an bodies—is Campus Op-erations and General Coun-cil’s greatest priority when it comes to making campus navigable. One way to pre-vent harm to pedestrians is through the creation and enforcement of pedestrian priority zones.
“Right now by current pol-icy, the pedestrian priority zone is the area commonly known as the Quad,” ex-
plained Sunny Wallace, pol-icy manager for Boise State.
Nowhere else on campus are cyclists, skateboarders and rollerbladers required to dismount and walk through a given area.
This month, Boise State president Bob Kustra will review a proposal to revise Boise State Policy #9010, casually referred to as the pe-destrian priority zone policy. Proposed revisions include adding a second pedestrian priority zone and imple-menting disciplinary fees for “safety violations.”
The pedestrian priority zone being proposed is the “B” Plaza, which consists of the two diagonal sidewalks leading to the big B behind the Administration Building, the plaza itself and the sur-rounding grass. The heavily-trafficked strip of sidewalk between the Administration Building and the “B” Plaza will remain available for cy-clist traffic.
“This policy may be passed this fall, but we’re going to have a nice long roll-out pe-riod up through April of next year,” Wallace said.
Wallace believes cyclists are better off following the policy and either dismount-ing or riding around the zone.
“On average, a bicycle can ride about 8 to 10 mph. So, while it’s tempting to want to ride through the Quad … it’s slower to bike. So, if you find a route around the pedes-trian priority zone ... you’re more likely to get to class faster, because you’re avoid-ing the walkers,” she said.
If cyclists continue to ride through and don’t find routes around the zones,
they’ll be subject to fines. The policy revision propos-es a $25 fine for people who don’t dismount in pedes-trian priority zones. Cur-rently, Boise State Policy #9010 has no disciplinary procedures for people using bikes, boards and skates in the Quad.
Rachel Kossow, a junior majoring in health science, lives on campus and rides her bike around campus.
“I think they do a good job of saying where bikes can be,” Kossow said. “I usu-ally find a way to maneuver
around people.”Kossow takes the Green-
belt or University Drive to travel from one end of cam-pus to the other. She prefers these areas because there is a dedicated traffic flow, unlike the more scattered foot traf-fic on the Quad.
Pedestrians’ vulnerability makes them a priority, but Wallace suggested that in the future, Boise State may implement wheeled priority zones.
No policies concerning wheeled priority zones are currently in the works.
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Quality-based review keeps Games Center aliveBri CornwallCopy Editor
Last semester, Student Union Building director Brent Delong told The Ar-biter that, largely due to a $30,000 loss in revenue, the Games Center would certainly be closed and repurposed.
These plans have since been scrapped.
“While these results were certainly of concern, they did not tell the entire sto-ry,” Delong explained in an email this semester.
The initial decision to cut the Games Center came out of an internal review conducted last year, accord-ing to Delong. The review showed a significant loss in revenue and decrease usage in the campus community.
But numbers and statis-tics only go so far in show-ing the value of a program. Delong stated that the plans to repurpose the Games Center were turned around by anecdotal evidence and the importance of the mes-sage sent by keeping the space open.
“The Games Center served as a recreational outlet, opportunity for out-reach with the extended community and nostalgic meeting place for faculty, students, staff and commu-nity members,” Delong said.
These valuable aspects of the program could not be communicated by hard numbers, though program prioritization uses numbers to weigh programs across campus. The extensive pro-gram review the Games
Center underwent was part of program prioritization.
Program prioritization is an effort by university ad-ministration to gain a com-prehensive, budget-based view of programs across campus in order to assess where funds should be cut or boosted.
Erik Olson, Games Cen-ter attendant and graduate student seeking his MPA, explained that the Games Center was under the mi-croscope simply because as a university entity, some of its funding comes from the state.
As we reported last se-mester, the numbers-based approach to the worth of the Games Center suggest-ed that the space be closed down. It appears that when the Games Center noted the
loss in profit, these numbers scared SUB administrators enough to start planning the repurposing of the Games Center. However, the qual-ity-based analysis proved its worth and painted a bet-
ter picture for Delong as to what the program should do to improve.
Despite Delong’s previ-ous comments on the inevi-tability of closing down the Games Center, it will live
to see the light of day for at least another three years.
“There are people in the SUB administration that basically said there’s no way in hell the Games Center is closing,” Olson said.
commuting to campus adds inconvenienceAddie GlickStaff Writer
Even though Boise State is known as a commuter school, the community of residents living on campus has been growing each year. However, there are still stu-dents who commute from a range of distances.
Freshman Leo Ramirez commutes to campus every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from Caldwell, Idaho. The estimated driving time between the two cities is 45 minutes.
“Staying on campus costs a lot, and also I don’t think I
was ready to move by myself,” Ramirez said. “I don’t have to buy food; my mom makes it. She does my laundry. I think if I were to stay (in a resi-dence hall), I wouldn’t do my homework as much.”
However, based on the price of gas, Ramirez ex-plained it is an expensive commute from Caldwell. On the low end of gas prices, corporations like Costco charge $3.09 per gallon for regular fuel according to Boise Gas Prices website. Designated gas corporations like Shell charge around $3.29 per gallon.
Because of gas prices,
Ramirez is looking to move to Boise next year and hope-fully find an apartment near campus.
“Staying home, I don’t have as much freedom as I would like and I think staying (near campus) would make me more social,” Ramirez said.
Boise State economics instructor Donald Holley explained his views on the economic benefits and disad-vantages of living on and off campus. Holley said he feels it’s nice to have a residential campus with students living on campus.
“There’s a trade-off: If you’re going to live at home,
you want to come in every day or every other day. Mini-mize the number of trips. But then when you do that, you reduce the amount of involvement that you have in the student community,” Holley said.
Keenan Blanford is anoth-er freshman at Boise State; he lives in Towers this year. Blanford’s opinion reflects Holley’s statement that life on campus is worth the in-vestment.
“You’re closer to your classes and you’re more in-volved with activities. The main advantage I’d say is you’re more informed be-
cause you live (here), so you know what’s going on,” Blanford said. “It was just an easy way to make friends
and I know it’s really impor-tant as a freshman to make friends that you can have for years.”
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opinion
Give up Idaho: you’re not OregonAlx StickelNews Editor
On Nov. 4, Idaho failed to elect change. Midterm elec-tions proved Idaho is stuck in its Republican ways when the people of this state re-elected 72 year-old Gov. C. L. “Butch” Otter, for a third term, instead of Democratic candidate A.J. Balukoff.
Tweets and Facebook posts cried snippets of out-rage and disappointment. Sentiments are still echoed throughout campus. Some students felt Balukoff had a strong chance of winning, a rarity in one of the reddest states in the country.
Benedetta Torsi, senior Spanish major, said she could not vote because she is not a U.S. citizen, but she is upset with the outcome of
last week’s elections.“It’s very frustrating be-
cause I didn’t have an active part in voting and the re-sults are even more frustrat-ing,” Torsi said. “I don’t like Republicans. I was excited to see change.”
Idaho will never change short of a political apoca-lypse. Idaho’s neighbors to the west may be blue, but their ways will not cross the border.
Otter took 54 percent of the votes while Balukoff took 39 percent. Boise State Public Radio reported Ada County was Balukoff ’s big-gest supporter with 51.4 percent of the votes—al-most 11,000 more votes than Otter.
Despite these victories and Balukoff ’s popularity in Ada County, political sci-
ence professor Scott Yeanor said Balukoff never stood a chance.
According to Yeanor, while the governor race was reportedly close, that was actually never the case.
“Democrats are irrel-evant in Idaho. And they’ll continue to be irrelevant,” Yeanor said. “They have almost no power in the Legislature and, absent a great scandal, the Republi-cans will win state-wide of-fice. The superintendent of schools election shows that. The Republicans ran a stiff in that election and won.”
For Yeanor, the political conversation that should be taking place is if one-party rule is a good thing for a state. Idaho has had Repub-lican governor control for a long time and Republican
legislature control even longer. Yeanor said, gener-ally speaking, long term one-party rule can become more like a collection of in-terests instead of a party of ideas. When that happens, every once in a while having an electoral defeat can be rejuvenating for the party, where normal partnership and relationships are bro-ken up.
“It’s a question whether one-party rule, even demo-cratically accountable one-party rule, is good in the long term,” Yeanor said. “A lot of interests end up growing around a party that holds an office that holds and it becomes less true to itself over time and so I think all Idaho citi-zens should be concerned about that.”
Megan Smith@MeganAXiDSo disappointed
in Idaho. We had a chance to make a huge difference, but instead we re-elected someone who is manipulative and disgraceful.
Elena Macovei@elna_11I dont understand..
WHY you would vote for someone who is taking away individual rights? #Election2014
Hing@hingpotterLooking at unoffi-
cial poll numbers & I’m disapointed in Idaho. Early #’s show state doesn’t want to move forwards in so-ciety. #VoteBlue
Adiya Jaffari,senior pre-med health-science major
“I think I’m a bit disap-pointed that more people who wanted change didn’t vote. It’s interesting to think about because I know a lot of people didn’t vote for Otter. I think the younger generation is
more liberal, but there is less voter turnout in that group. They’re upset with the government. You don’t get to complain if you don’t vote.”
Jennifer Stohler,senior theatrearts and graphic design major
“One of my biggest is-sues is that people should be more informed instead of just choosing a let-ter next to a candidate’s name, I also feel some
people just don’t go out and vote which also affects the election. People need to go out and vote, do the research and pick a candidate that fits.”
Orion Vogel,sophomore molec-ular biology major
“I know that Otter won reelection and that’s probably terrible. I don’t support Republicans and Democrats; generally I’m a pretty independent per-son.”
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Vote shaming is unconstructive at best and deterimental at worstKatie MeikleManaging Editor
In the days following the 2014 midterm elections, social media was awash with hostile reactions to-ward the right-wing swing that occurred.
Many negative reac-tions, faithfully captured in the Twittersphere and elsewhere, blamed the outcome on the “lazy din-guses” who failed to turn up to vote.
Without emphasizing my own political views, I would like to say that I can understand why my politically active peers had impassioned reactions on social media. After all, these elections effected decisions that affect us all.
I am wary, however, of those who choose to enter the blame game by accus-ing non-voters of a moral failing —aka, vote sham-ing.
The post-election sham-ing that occurred on vari-ous social media platforms is unconstructive and po-tentially counterproduc-tive to whatever party you identify with and what-ever political cause you support.
The fact is this: a measly 13 percent of Americans in the 18-29 year old age group voted in the 2014 midterm elections, ac-cording to the Wall Street Journal.
Insult leads to injury, however. On the one hand, the vote shaming that occurred after mid-terms 2014 may further disenfranchise timid col-legians out of fear of being yelled at or chased by an army of rabid donkeys. On the other hand, vote sham-ing may send ambivalent would-be voters into the arms of other political par-ties in the hopes that they are just less angry people.
“Millennials are the largest and most racially diverse generation in the country’s history, mak-ing theirs the vote to get,” according to an article in the International Business Times.
Even though they re-main a key target de-mographic for the Democratic party, Mil-lennials still don’t con-sistently show up to the polls: why?
Well, that I don’t know; innumerable theories have sought to explain the poor
voter turnout over the years. Perhaps political campaigns do not target Millennials enough; per-haps Millennials do not know where or how to reg-ister; maybe they just do not care enough.
Boise State political sci-ence professor Jaclyn Ket-ter alluded to a possible “why not” in an interview with the Boise Weekly: “Young people have been turned off because of a lot of negativity and the lack of getting things done.”
Negativity might have a surprisingly lot to do with the poor voter turnout.
One possible explana-tion for this occurrence can be found in the field of psychology. Specifically, the Transtheoretical Mod-el of Behavior Change cre-ated by Prochaska and Di-Clemente (1983) which has been extensively sup-ported by subsequent re-search points to self-effica-cy as a key component of behavior change.
That is to say, last-ing change comes from within. In order for young voters to turn up at the polls, they must come to believe on their own
terms that the outcome of the election is meaningful for them as individuals.
While there may be no cut and dry solution to the task of enfranchis-ing America’s youth, a discourse of negativ-ity that bullies non-voters or blames them for the nation’s political prob-lems is definitely not the answer.
At best, it reignites the blame game that already permeates the nation’s po-litical discourse from the ground up. At worst, it dis-courages hesitant would-be voters from voting in the future.
If there is an answer, it lies in increased positive discourse, not shaming.
Even though the Twit-tersphere is an unlikely place to find an answer to this age-old dilemma, it still succeeds in elucidat-ing the irony of the vote shaming phenomenon:
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Hurry, you only have a matter of minuets left to change someones entire political worldview witha facebook status update
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Patty BowenAsst. Culture Editor
It might be getting cold on campus, but things are just warming up as the theatre arts department presents its latest production, “Twelve Angry Jurors.”
The teleplay adaptation was craftily formed by the theatre arts department’s assistant technical director Fran Hopkins-Maxwell as her master’s thesis. The pro-duction stars a large cast of students and has even great-er significance in its repre-sentation of racism within American society.
“Twelve Angry Jurors” represents the inequality of ethnicities within American government. In the play, a 12-member jury decides the fate of one impoverished Af-
rican American boy.“We have nothing to lose
by our verdict!” proclaimed Mitchell Shohet, theatre arts major playing Juror #11.
Shohet’s character por-trays a large flaw in the jury system and the larger po-litical system of the United States: the people in power often aren’t as affected by their decisions as those who are not.
Each character’s dialogue highlights the discrimina-tion that occurs on a daily basis due to misunderstand-ings and classism.
“Racism and discrimina-tion still thrive in our soci-ety as though nothing has changed,” Hopkins-Maxwell said. “With the shootings of Trayvon Martin, the riots in Ferguson, Missouri, the battle for equal rights has
not only continued, but has taken us back 50 years.”
According to Hopkins-Maxwell, “Twelve Angry Ju-rors” was partly inspired by the lack of improvement in American ethnocentric dis-crimination since the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
“It’s bringing up what our history has and what we’ve tried to sweep under the rug with the political correct-ness. But it’s also bringing awareness of the fact that millennials don’t necessar-ily know what happened. This is their civil right move-ment,” Hopkins-Maxwell said. “You can’t just ran-domly shoot somebody be-cause you think they’re of an ‘other.’”
The concept of the “other” is also played out in “Twelve Angry Jurors.” According to
Kevin Labrum, Boise State alumni and drama teacher at Idaho Arts Charter, phras-ing is really important in pointing out how the char-acters segregate themselves from the victim they are de-bating about.
“Nearly all the jurors at some point use the phrase ‘us’ or ‘them,’ pointing out there is someone other than themselves and there’s a dif-ference,” Labrum said.
Recognizing the patterns of internalized segrega-tion can be important for Boise State students to rec-ognize because of the lack of diversity in the student populations.
“We’re very homogeneous here in Idaho and the rest of the world is not,” Hopkins-Maxwell said. “I think that people have an absence of
history and it’s good to re-mind people that this is a part of our history in more ways than one.”
“Twelve Angry Jurors” contains a large amount of history in its and script. According to Labrum, the placement of the play in 1963 only adds to its con-nections to the civil rights movement 50 years ago.
“Fran has specifically picked a particular time pe-riod where race and gender differences are really ex-ploding,” Labrum said.
Although “Twelve Angry Jurors” is built around issues of race, the play comments on several other topics, in-cluding gender. According to Ashley Ann Howell, 2014 theatre arts graduate and ac-tress, the sexism that Hop-kins-Maxwell wrote into the
script is still an issue that is being dealt with today.
“My character is definitely trying to stand out of the normal view of a woman but she’s still being put in her place that’s just the way it is,” Howell said. “That’s still happening; people still expect women to be a certain way.”
According to Hopkins-Maxwell, “Twelve Angry Jurors” illustrates classism that we’re still dealing with today.
“Only by examining the past can we see how to change the future of our society,” Hopkins-Maxwell said.
“Twelve Angry Jurors” will be playing Nov. 13-15, 19-22 at 7:30 p.m., and Nov. 16, 18 at 2 p.m. in the Dan-ny Peterson Theatre at the Morrison Center.
‘Twelve Angry Jurors’ races issuestheatre arts department premieres another hard-hitting show stopper, conversation beginner
The Theatre Arts Department’s latest production discusses discrimination.
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obola jokes overshadow issuesAlina GilmoreStaff Writer
Politics are complex and in-depth, but when stu-dents add a little humor, word play, and turn serious issues into memes, they may be reduced to such ba-sic terms that they lose any real meaning.
Political satire has domi-nated the web with photos and hashtags about politi-cal issues, many of which students find more interest-ing than the actual issues at hand.
The recent craze is Obo-la: an intertwining of the words Obama and Ebola. This combination links U.S. President Barack Obama to
the current situation with Ebola in the nation by sug-gesting he is to blame for allowing it into the country.
“In our generation, our way of getting around dif-ficult subjects is humor, like making Ebola or ISIS funny through memes,” said first -year graduate student Eva Hart.
On the Online Meme Generator, there is a meme that states, “Barack Hus-sein Obola, the plague that keeps on giving.” This meme illustrates the nega-tive opinions about the president that are circulat-ing the Internet.
Those the Obola hashtag are simplifying the over-arching issue into some-
thing that people can laugh at or hyperbolize.
Ultimately, students that pay an overt amount of at-tention to political satire do so in an attempt to enter-tain themselves with easier to digest issues and makes them easier to digest.
For some, college is in-credibly demanding and time-consuming, leaving few moments for political discussion.
This is why there are TV shows that make fun of pol-iticians and their ability to handle controversial issues. The most popular ones are hosted by Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart who love to poke fun at and make jokes about society.
“We find a way to laugh it off so we don’t have to take it seriously,” Hart said.
On the other hand, those that are not as informed about these underlying is-sues might take the sen-sationalized versions of events to heart.
An online article from the Illinois Review outlined the story of a man wearing an Obama mask and a hazmat suit in the president’s home city, Chicago, putting up posters about Obama’s in-tegral role in the spreading of Ebola.
“People get scared very easily and I think that peo-ple will feed off of whatever they need to,” senior Miah Nystrom said.
Brandon WaltonAsst. Sports & Rec Editor
“Nightcrawler” is one of the most unique movie ex-periences of the year. With a dark, twisted suspense-ful story and an unsettling tone, ,it’s a film that is go-ing to leave its mark on you long after you leave the theater.
“Nightcrawler” is the sto-ry of Louis Bloom, played by Jake Gyllenhaal a des-perate, egocentric socio-path looking for work that inadvertently stumbles into the world of video journal-ism and makes it his new obsession in life. Bloom throws ethics out the win-dow and stops at nothing to make sure he has the best stories to film and sell.
The film does a great job of keeping you invested from start to finish. You feel you are learning along with Bloom how to navigate the world of late night video news, or “night crawling,” as it is commonly referred to.
Bloom is not a good char-acter by any means and is ultimately the bad guy of the film. The way the story is weaved and executed makes you strangely root for him throughout the entire film and ultimately makes you feel like you’re
crazy for doing so. This is in large part be-
cause of the performance of Gyllenhaal.
Gyllenhaal is the film’s main star as the entire film focuses on his character. Gyllenhaal is nearly unrec-ognizable and fully devotes himself to the character of Bloom, ultimately giving an absolutely magnificent per-formance.
This is the best perfor-mance of Gyllenhaal’s ca-reer thus far and the best performance by an actor or actress this year. Expect Gyllenhaal to be one of the front runners come Oscar season.
The only real complaint is the film doesn’t dive into why Bloom is the way he is; this layer would have added an even greater depth to his character and given the au-dience a better understand-ing of Bloom’s actions. The complaint is minor in an otherwise perfect film.
“Nightcrawler” is one of the most original movies of the year, and with a great performance by Gyllenhaal along with a great disturb-ing story, it’s one that is definitely worth checking out in theaters.
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Showers wash off germs, social stigmaJustin KirkhamCulture Editor
Showers are comprised of more than suds and wa-ter; amidst all the sham-poo and soap lies an air of professionalism and clean-liness, while the absence of these cleansers leads to so-cial judgment and stigma.
Some students aim to shower every day, while others wash less frequently.
Biology junior Kris-tina Parker showers daily simply for the sake of staying clean and appear-
ing put-together, but she understands why stu-dents might choose an alternative route.
“When you shower, you strip your body of all of its natural oils that it uses to maintain and nurture it-self,” Parker said. “So, it’s totally fine if people show-er every other day.”
But, for Parker, there comes a point where show-ering should really be a priority.
She explained that if a student has come upon their second week with-out a shower, it’s probably
time for them to scrub off all the dirt and grime that they’ve accumulated.
“It will all build up on you,” Parker said. “All of the pollution and particles in the air gather on your skin and they need to be washed off in some way.”
She continued to add that bacteria and viruses, especially those from animal contact, can also build up on skin and po-tentially transfer to other people from unwashed students—something that no one wants.
“If you have dirt all over
your hands and you’re not washing yourself and rub-bing your eyes, all of that bacteria can get into your system,” Parker said.
Director of Medical Ser-vices at Health Services Vincent Serio explained that showering daily is not necessarily needed in most situations.
The frequency at which one should shower is de-pendent on one’s “climate, culture and degree of ex-posure to dirt and other contaminants.”
“Excessive cleaning or use of soap can leach natu-ral oils from the body and lead to skin maladies such as eczema, which is char-acterized by dry, inflamed skin,” Serio said.
In order to avoid this, Serio suggested using mild, fragrance-free soaps and cleansers.
Although cleanliness is a key goal in the showering process, students might also choose to wash them-selves in order to align themselves with society’s standards of professional-ism: clean faces, washed hair and a lack of odor.
Parker believes that showering can lend itself to this idea of profession-alism if it is needed on a particular day, but also believes that society has many other expectations for appearance and sophis-tication.
“If you have long hair, you have to take into con-sideration how long it will take to dry,” Parker said. “If you don’t give yourself enough time to dry or style it, it could make you look
like you just rushed out the door.”
Adhering to the norms of cleanliness, according to Parker, is important in working for a heightened sense of professionalism and obtaining new oppor-tunities in the workplace. She believes that these op-portunities are something all students should be vy-ing for: the more competi-tive the better.
Electrical engineering freshman Cesar Solorzano
doesn’t shower daily now that the warmth and sweat of summer have passed. He believes that students should choose for them-selves how to shower and create this image of pro-fessionalism expected of them.
“If you feel like you’ve got to shower, you’ve got to shower, and if you don’t, you don’t,” Solorzano said. “People are always going to judge you either way, so let them talk.”
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BRC offers themed, alternative mealsZoey NguyenStaff Writer
Each Thursday, Boise Riv-er Cafe offers students the First Thursday program in which all menu options fol-low a specific theme.
On such days, even stu-dents who are not tied to a meal plan tend to visit the cafeteria just to enjoy cui-sines from different cultures.
While the usual, everyday BRC menu includes various foods to provide nutrition to students, this event diversi-fies meal options and gives students a break from ordi-nary food choices.
While themes can take can international flair, the also focus on American subculture. On Oct. 2, the theme for First Thursday was “baseball.” It included foods that are usually pres-ent at baseball games. Corn dogs, potato skins, pretzels with cheese sauce and fro-zen bananas were included in the menu. In addition, the whole cafeteria was deco-rated with paper cups filled with crunchy popcorn.
“We’ve been doing First Thursday for four years. We wanted to offer students a break from the normal scene in the BRC regarding food
options and décor,” said Bob Beers, Aramark’s marketing coordinator. “First Thurs-days are an opportunity for us to present new menu options to students and to introduce new foods to students while breaking up their routine in a fun, engag-ing way.”
This November’s First Thursday theme was Ameri-can Southern food. For dinner on Nov. 6, the cu-linary team prepared the famous Southern fried chicken, sweet potatoes with marshmallows, homemade mashed potatoes, sweet cornbread, fried catfish, sea-
sonal cabbage sautéed with bacon and onions and many more options.
Beverages included sweet tea with lemon and mint and the dessert station was filled with pies and cupcakes that evoke associations with Southern culture.
Many students appreciate themed First Thursdays as breaks from food norms.
“I didn’t know about the program until I went one night. I think it’s a great way to promote different cultures and regions through yummy food,” said Briana Hale, a Boise State freshman ma-joring in political science. “I
was impressed with their va-riety of options so there was something for everything. I guess I would just like to see
the BRC do something more international and food that isn’t as common for their next themed night.”
The BRC has many food options.
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Hedrick drives Boise State past ugly lossesJesse Quarton Staff Writer
It has been a season of disparity and conquering adversity for the Boise State football team. At the cen-ter of all that disparity is redshirt senior quarterback Grant Hedrick.
After an early loss to Ole Miss in late August—in which Hedrick threw four interceptions—the Broncos rattled off three straight wins against Colo-rado State, Connecticut and Louisiana Lafayette.
Hedrick again threw four interceptions against Air
Force and was benched in the second half in favor of redshirt freshman Ryan Finley.
Despite his struggles against Air Force costing the Broncos the victory, Hedrick did not allow that to damage his calm.
Hedrick is known by his teammates for maintaining a level of calmness regard-less of the scoreboard—a trait he inherited from his father and grandfather.
“I think I’ve always had it,” Hedrick said. “I learned it from my dad and grandfa-ther. You admire those peo-ple that have gone through
ups and downs.”Since the Air Force game,
the Broncos have turned around their offense, in large part because of Hedrick.
Hedrick spoke on his team’s turnaround and how this season has shifted for the better. Much of those improvements are due to a different mindset.
“Just more of an attack-ing mindset,” Hedrick said. “Sometimes I would take a step back and try and let other guys do their job and not really take initiative.”
Since wide receiver Matt Miller was lost for the sea-
son after undergoing ankle surgery, the Broncos’ of-fense has become much more multi-dimensional.
This has forced Hedrick to become more confi-dent in other players on the team, and, for him, is a major factor for his improved play.
Over the past four games without Miller in the line-up, Hedrick has tossed 11 touchdowns to only two in-terceptions.
This newfound confi-dence has helped Hedrick trust the “next man up” mentality when one receiv-er struggles.
“A new guy is stepping up each week, and for the bet-ter,” Hedrick said. “It’s been great to see who that next guy is going to be.”
The Broncos take on the San Diego State Aztecs at Albertsons Stadium this Saturday. This will give He-drick an opportunity to test his progressive confidence, as well as his trust in the players around him.
Kickoff is set for 8:15 p.m. MST. The Broncos need to win out to qualify for the MW Championship Game.
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Schueren departs with legacyBrandon WaltonAsst. Sports & Rec Editor
Following a 2-1 loss to New Mexico in the open-ing round of the MW Championship, the Boise State soccer program bid farewell to midfielder Shannon Schueren.
The four-year letter win-ner and three-year starter leaves Boise State with her named etched into the school record books where she ranks third in both goals scored and points earned.
“Shannon is a player with technique and tactic way beyond her years,” head coach Jim Thomas said. “She has helped implement a lot of things that we have put in place.”
Schueren contributed more to the program than
her play on the field.“From a character stand-
point Shannon is second to none,” Thomas said. “She has handled adversity, in-jury, drama, tragedy within the program and coach-ing changes with such great grace. You are always thankful to have a person like Shannon to tie your program together.”
Schueren got involved with soccer at a very young age and has loved the sport ever since.
“I had a lot of pent-up energy,” Schueren said. “So my parents decided to put me in a sport that would get some extra energy out.”
After looking at several universities, Schueren and her family decided that Boise State was the place for her.
“One day, I was just sit-
ting at a table with my mom looking at some college stuff and she said, ‘what about Boise?’” Schueren said. “I started looking at it and talking to the coaches. One thing led to another and here I am.”
Schueren’s genuineness is apparent both on and off the field.
“I love seeing my team-mates succeed,” Schueren said. “For it to work out for them when it really matters was my favorite part.”
With her career at an end, Schueren will miss the team camaraderie and the friendships she gained dur-ing her playing days.
“The thing I will miss the most is having a huge group of friends to hang out with and having fun with them,” Schueren said. “You really can’t beat it.”
While there are many people that have helped her along the way, includ-ing Thomas, no one has been there more than her parents.
“My parents have been my biggest supporters since day one,” Schueren said. “They have been to al-most every game this year and I can always call them and ask them for advice.”
Schueren is ending her 16-year soccer career. She will now go to graduate school where to pursue a career as a chiropractor.
“It will be interesting and I am sure it will be quite the adjustment period,” Schueren said. “I am look-ing forward to trying new things that you really don’t have time for when you’re fully committed to a sport.”
Rocky Long has a point about Albertsons StadiumNate LowerySports & Rec Editor
When San Diego State head football coach Rocky Long had harsh comments about Boise State leading up to the Aztecs game Saturday at Alb-ertsons Stadium, many Bron-cos fans called blasphemy.
Sorry to break anyone’s heart, but Long has a point.
When asked by the Mighty 1090 radio show if The Blue is an intimidating venue for op-posing teams, Long respond-ed: “It’s not. The stadium is not intimidating. The Blue Turf is a non-factor anymore.”
At his weekly press confer-ence, Long had the same at-titude to Albertsons Stadium.
“I think it was that way may-be three or four years ago. It’s not that way anymore,” Long said.
Boise State students need to throw away any preexist-ing opinions they might have about The Blue. The 85-4
home record since 2000 and the two Fiesta Bowl wins are irrelevant; those days are gone. The intimidation factor in Boise is non-existent.
I witness Bronco home games from the sixth floor of the Stueckle Sky Center—providing a bird’s-eye view of the field and student section.
What I have seen is not pretty: Boise State fans pile out of the stadium in droves before the game is even half over.
Against Fresno State on Oct. 17, halftime occurred at 7:30 p.m. with the Broncos up by 10. What happened next was a mass exodus of students that left the stadium who did not return.
Against BYU, Bronco fans abandoned the game well be-fore it was over.
If Boise State fans wish to challenge Long’s statements, Saturday is your time to prove him wrong. Stand behind your team until the bitter end.
Schueren passes the ball in a game against Omaha.
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Hockey leaves Vandals black and blueLeslie Boston-HydeStaff Writer
The Boise State men’s hockey team is on a roll, and there’s no telling when they are going to stop.
On Sunday, the 13-1 Broncos added another win under their belt af-ter a victory over Idaho in the annual Black and Blue Meals on Wheels charity game.
On Saturday, players from both teams vol-unteered through Elks Meals on Wheels to serve seniors lunch as well as raise money for the com-munity. While the teams
fell short of their $30,000 goal, they still managed to raise $24,500 for Meals on Wheels.
“It was definitely grati-fying,” Boise State goal-keeper Josh Benton said. “It’s nice to give back to the community, especially for the elderly.”
After fighting hunger, the Broncos were more than ready for the battle in the rink.
Boise State came out with a bang with a quick goal by JT Smith within the first five minutes. By the end of the first period, Boise State led 4-0.
The second period was
just as strong as the first, giving Greg Chapman, Rusty Costello and Justin Videen more opportuni-ties for goals, making the score 7-0.
By the third period, ten-sions began to rise.
“With a big lead like that, tempers kind of flare, and (players) can get a
little frustrated,” forward Taylor Crawford said.
As the Broncos climbed to 9-0, the bubble finally burst, sending Videen and the Vandals’ Devin Lewis to the penalty box. In total, the third period saw seven penalties, more than the first two periods combined.
The fluidity and con-nectivity from the first two periods slowed down for Boise State. The Vandals took advantage, manag-ing to make a breakaway down the right and bury the puck.
While Benton would’ve preferred a shut-out, he re-mained focused.
“You know, it happens,” Benton said. “I try to have short-term memory with stuff like that and not dwell on it.”
Boise State wasn’t go-ing to let their rivals have the last word; with three minutes left in the game, Bradley Reid took one
more shot, making the fi-nal score 10-1.
“We were fortunate to come out with a big vic-tory,” Crawford said.
At the end of the game, the Broncos gladly re-claimed the Pulaski Tro-phy, awarded to the win-ning team of the rivalry game.
With the team currently ranked fourth in DII West and Videen as the top scor-ing leader in all of DII with 41 points, Boise State is looking forward to its next game against Oregon.
The Broncos will face the Ducks Nov. 14 and 15 at Idaho Ice World.
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Men’s tennis excited to move closer to spring seasonBrandon WaltonAsst. Sports & Rec Editor
The Boise State men’s ten-nis team finished their final tournament of the fall season this past weekend at the Pacific Northwest Intercollegiate and will now have a few months off before the start of their regular team season.
The fall season in collegiate tennis focuses on the individ-ual side of tennis. Players com-pete in a series of different tour-naments across the country in preparation for the regular season which starts in January.
“In those terms you get that self-knowledge, which is the heart of this team,” head coach Greg Patton said. “It’s what do we need to work on.”
The Broncos competed in six tournaments this year and had one of their best fall sea-sons in recent memory with several members of the team taking home singles and dou-bles titles, including titles from true freshman Lewis Roskilly and sophomore Abe Hewko.
“It’s like we have gone to eight different dances this year,” Patton said. “You usually only have a guy or two that does well but this year it was like each guy was passing a baton.”
While the team does enjoy competing in these tourna-ments, they do not have the same feel as the regular season tournaments.
“It’s nice to be done but I am looking forward to our regular season because it’s a
completely different atmo-sphere than the fall,” sopho-more Brendan McClain said.
The Broncos’ next match will not be until Jan. 15 when they travel to Hawaii to kick off their regular season in a Moun-tain West match-up. While the Hawaii match is a ways down the road, the team is already preparing for it.
Boise State has won the last three MW titles and will not only be looking for a fourth, but also a spot in the top 25 and in the NCAA tournament.
“We are a brand and we are recognized around the country as a great tennis school and I want people to embrace us for what we are,” Patton said. “They should ex-pect only the best.”
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Aries- The stars have called for temperatures to start dropping. While others wrap themselves in multiple layers, it would benefit you to do the opposite: Strip down to as little cloth-ing as possible and em-brace the cold. Nature shall reward you in the future.
Taurus- Draw your zen from conflict to-day. Engage in fisticuffs with each person in your path, especially if your teacher, landlord or boss happens to speak to you. This may seem like a dumb idea in theory, but the stars demand it!
Gemini- The stars say that today is a very good day to snap a selfie with every per-son you walk past. No exceptions! You may find this to be counter-productive, but this is the only way you will be able to find true love.
Cancer- Large acts of romance and affection will work in your favor today. Skip the flowers and chocolate. Go out and steal a significant statue located on cam-pus. While the courts may try you as a felon, your significant other will appreciate what you have done for them.
Leo- Try to make
a scene today. The stars suggest running through campus with purple paint all over your body wearing only a toga. By standing out and not conform-ing to societies stan-dards, you will be able to achieve all you want in life.
Virgo- You are en-gorged with an abun-dance of life force. Don’t forget to drink water and wave at your local postal worker as he or she is probably a little lonely. This act of positivity shall restore balance to the world. Congratulations, you have just saved all of mankind.
Libra- Hi, I would like a large pepperoni pizza, a two-liter root beer and an order of breadsticks. No, I don’t want garlic sauce. Yes, cheese and peppers would be per-fect. Yeah, that will be all and I’ll pay cash.
Scorpio- It is time to stop experimenting with superheroes. While The Avengers appreci-ate the interest, Batman is starting to feel like the side bae. The Aveng-ers may seem cool and all, but Batman has the emotional stabil-ity you need in your life right now.
Sagittarius- Seek out the nearest Catholic
priest or university em-ployee and come clean. Yes, you must tell them about that one time with the tequila, the broomhandle and your not-so-attractive cous-in. By purging yourself of these traumatic in-cidents, you will finally find peace of mind.
Capricorn-The jour-ney is important today. Take only back alleys on your way to school and park on the side-walk in front of the Ad-ministration Building. By no longer focusing on the destination, you will finally be able to en-joy life.
Aquarius- Words are going to be important today. If you wish to gain power and influ-ence over your peers and professors, just start babbling like a madman. They will ap-preciate your genuine-ness. Trust the stars; you shall be rewarded for these actions.
Pisces- The stars have decided that those who look to the future shall gain an ad-vantage over others. Even though Christmas is over a month away, walk around campus carrying a boombox that blasts only Christ-mas music. Let it play non-stop to show the world your sincere Christmas spirit.
I’m tall when I’m young and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
What can you catch but not throw?
What is brown and sticky?
What month do people sleep the least?
